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WESTINGHOUSE  CHURCH  KERR  &  CO. 
ENGINEERS  AND  CONSTRUCTORS 


NEW  YORK 


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“  Well  clone  is  better  than  well  said  ” 


IN  the  following  pages  we  illustrate  some  of  the  work 
which  we  have  done  for  industrial  plants.  If  you  are 
interested  in  railroad  work,  steam  and  electrical,  or 
in  power  plants,  we  should  be  glad  to  send  you  illustra¬ 
tions  of  what  we  have  done  in  those  lines. 

Our  work  for  industrial  clients  has  varied  according 
to  each  individual  need. 

In  some  instances  our  services  were  required  only  for 
engineering  advice  on  special  features  of  the  layout, 
construction  or  equipment. 

In  other  instances  we  rendered  engineering  service, 
made  complete  designs  and  supervised  the  construction 
which  was  let  out  on  contracts. 

In  some  instances  we  did  the  construction  work  only. 
But  more  often  we  did  it  all — designing,  supervising 
and  constructing  the  complete  plant. 

The  Westinghouse  Church  Kerr  organization  is  so 
complete  that  we  offer  our  client  whatever  service  he 
needs — whether  it  be  the  technical  ability  of  experienced 
engineers  or  the  production  of  a  complete  plant  ready  for 
work. 

How  can  we  be  of  greatest  help  to  you? 

When  you  plan  to  build  a  new  plant,  or  to  extend  or 
improve  an  old  plant,  you  face  many  definite  problems. 


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What  are  your  requirements  as  to  location?  That 
question  may  be  already  settled.  Or  it  may  be  that  the 
experience  of  our  engineers  can  be  profitably  added  to 
your  own  in  choosing  a  location  that  will  prove  most 
advantageous  for  the  initial  building  and  for  subsequent 
operations. 

What  are  your  particular  requirements  for  the  receipt 
and  delivery  of  raw  material,  your  arrangement  of  build¬ 
ings,  the  necessary  floor  space,  the  amount  of  floor  loading 
and  proper  divisions  into  departments?  Perhaps  you 
have  already  laid  out  the  most  efficient  routing  and 
arrangement.  But  frequently  we  save  thousands  of  dollars 
by  adding  our  experience  to  yours.  A  saving  effected  in 
the  routing  or  arrangement  of  your  plant  means  not  only 
a  saving  in  its  construction,  but  an  actual  saving  in  the 
cost  of  operation  day  after  day  as  long  as  that  factory  runs. 

Of  what  material  should  you  build?  Perhaps  the 
nature  of  your  business  or  some  business  opportunity 
determines  this  for  you.  On  the  other  hand,  our  long 
experience  and  our  familiarity  with  the  building  material 
market  may  help  to  a  decision. 

What  fittings  and  equipment  will  prove  most  eco¬ 
nomical  not  only  in  first  cost  but  in  operation?  There  is 
hardly  a  line  of  industry  in  which  some  of  our  engineers 
have  not  had  a  sufficiently  wide  experience  to  be  of  value 
to  you. 

What  are  the  State  building  and  labor  laws  or  fire 
underwriters’  requirements  which  must  be  observed? 
Perhaps  you  know.  If  you  do  not,  we  can  tell  you. 

How  much  will  it  cost  to  build  the  new  plant  or 
remodel  the  old?  What  will  it  cost  to  maintain?  How 
long  will  it  take  to  build  ?  These  are  vital  questions 
and  demand  the  best  advice  you  can  obtain  both  inside 
and  outside  of  your  organization. 


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Have  any  of  your  own  departments  the  necessary  time 
to  prepare  designs  and  supervise  the  construction  you 
propose?  If  so,  we  will  be  glad  to  put  our  organization 
at  your  disposal  to  do  such  parts  of  the  work  as  your 
departments  are  not  fitted  to  do. 

Has  any  one  of  your  own  departments  the  necessary 
experience  and  ability  to  build  and  equip  a  steel,  tile, 
brick  or  concrete  structure  themselves?  In  the  W.C.K. 
organization  there  are  men  with  technical  training  and 
with  the  practical  skill  that  conies  from  experience  in 
every  line  of  construction. 

Whether  it  is  a  factory,  a  power  plant  or  a  railroad 
terminal,  W.C.K.  service  begins  with  an  intelligent  plan 
and  ends  with  the  last  brushful  of  paint  on  an  efficient 
plant,  with  tools  on  the  benches,  ready  for  your  workmen 
to  commence  work  when  the  whistle  blows,  if  that  is 
what  you  want. 

There  are  in  the  W.C.K.  organization,  engineers  for 
consultation,  for  appraisal,  for  investigation  and  report 
upon  special  problems — trained  men  in  every  branch  of 
engineering— men  with  long  experience  in  railroad,  in 
power  plant,  and  in  industrial  construction. 

There  are  buyers  in  the  W.C.K.  organization  who 
practice  an  economy  for  you  in  the  purchase  and  delivery 
of  material  and  machinery  that  you  could  not  for  yourself. 

There  is  a  traffic  department  in  the  W.C.K.  organ¬ 
ization  that  saves  more  time  than  you  realize  could  be 
lost  in  shipments  and  more  money  than  you  realize  could 
be  saved  in  freights. 

Call  W.C.K.  engineers,  if  you  will,  but  engineers 
who  are  also  purchasing  agents,  shippers,  traffic  managers, 
steel  and  concrete  workers,  masons,  carpenters,  machin¬ 
ists,  plumbers,  steam  fitters,  painters,  inspectors,  auditors 
— and,  primarily,  your  agents — working  for  your  interest. 

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And  remember  that  W.  C.  K.  is  one  of  the  large  builders 
in  the  country,  with  all  that  means  in  the  way  of  speed, 
efficiency  and  economy  for  you. 

We  offer  our  services  as  consulting  and  designing 
engineers  and  constructors — -to  do  anything,  in  whole  or 
in  part,  that  you  need  done. 

We  should  be  glad  to  know  just  what  your  building 
problem  is  and  to  show  you  just  what  we  could  do  to 
help  you  in  that  particular  problem.  Of  one  thing  we 
are  confident  from  our  long  experience.  There  is  some 
capacity  in  which  we  could  profitably  serve  you  in  any 
building  enterprise  you  might  undertake. 

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Blacksmith  Shop — American  Brake  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


WORK  DONE 


Machine  Shop — American  Brake  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


AMERICAN  BRAKE  COMPANY 

In  common  with  a  great  many  other  plants  which  have 
been  in  operation  for  some  years,  the  problem  at  this  plant 
was  to  install  extensions  on  a  peculiarly  shaped  piece  of 
property  and  to  fit  the  new  buildings  in  with  several  existing 
structures. 

By  careful  planning  ahead,  new  construction  work  was 
carried  along  without  interference  with  current  manufacturing 
operations. 

The  plant  manufactures  brakes  for  steam  and  electric 
railways. 

The  work  in  general  done  here  by  W.  C.  Iv.  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  R.  E.  Adreon,  Vice-President,  was  the 
design  and  construction  of  a  three-story  machine  shop  building 
and  a  forge  shop.  Two  other  buildings  were  reconstructed 
and  remodeled  and  certain  other  structures  wrecked  to  make 
place  for  the  new  facilities.  The  buildings  are  all  of  fireproof 
construction  with  steel  frame,  brick  walls  and  reinforced 
concrete  floors  and  roof. 


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Wash  House  and  Gate  House — American  Cyanamid  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  Canada 


AMERICAN  CYANAMID  COMPANY 

The  American  Cyanamid  Company  manufactures  Cyana¬ 
mid,  a  nitrogenous  fertilizer  material  made  by  an  electrical 
process  with  nitrogen  derived  direct  from  the  air.  Its  manu¬ 
facture  is  a  comparatively  new  art  having  been  developed  in 
Germany.  Cyanamid  is  used  by  the  principal  fertilizer  com¬ 
panies  as  a  source  of  ammonia  for  the  making  of  high  grade 
fertilizers.  The  work  done  by  W.  C.  K.  was  performed  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  K.  F.  Cooper,  General  Manager  of  the 
American  Cyanamid  Company,  and  consisted  of  the  design  and 
construction  of  a  raw  material  building,  a  carbide  building,  a 
lime  nitrogen  building,  a  hydrating  building,  a  lime  kiln  build¬ 
ing,  a  licpiid  air  building,  an  office,  wash  house,  laboratory  and 
a  silo  building,  and  the  design  and  installation  of  electrical 
equipment.  Reinforced  concrete,  structural  steel,  and  terra 
cotta  block  construction  were  employed. 

The  silo  building,  containing  nine  bins  with  a  storage  capa¬ 
city  of  4000  tons  of  pulverized  lime  nitrogen,  was  a  notable 
employment  of  particularly  heavy  reinforced  concrete  con¬ 
struction,  the  walls  of  the  building  being  designed  by  the  J.  I. 
Jamieson  method  for  wheat  storage,  but  using  the  weight,  angle 
of  repose  and  angle  of  friction  of  lime  nitrogen,  determined 
experimentally.  The  material  is  extremely  heavy  and  the 
design  is  practically  that  which  would  be  used  if  the  silos  held 
the  same  weight  of  water.  Various  other  equipment  opera¬ 
tions  were  also  performed  by  W.  C.  K.  such  as  plumbing, 
heating,  lighting,  the  installation  of  conveyors,  fans,  pulver¬ 
izers  and  crushers. 


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American  Cyanamid  Company,  Niayara  Falls,  Canada 


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Liquid  Air  Building— American  Cyanamicl  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  Canada 


Lime  Nitrogen  Building- — American  Cyanamid  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  Canada 


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J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Company,  Racine,  Wis. 


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Gallery  Floor,  Machine  Shop — J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Company,  Racine,  Wis. 


J.  I.  CASE  THRESHING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

In  laying  out  this  plant  it  was  found  to  be  short  of  length 
for  future  extensions.  An  intersecting  street  (Durand)  was 
therefore  closed;  another  street  (Clark)  moved  about  50  ft., 
and  a  trolley  line  taken  up  and  put  next  to  the  railroad.  These 
changes  were  made  at  a  small  expense,  as  there  was  plenty 
of  open  space  in  which  to  make  them.  In  a  few  years  the 
natural  growth  of  the  city  around  the  plant  would  make  the 
same  changes  difficult,  if  not  in  some  cases  impossible.  The 
present  investment  of  the  money  to  make  the  changes  as  com¬ 
pared  with  an  investment  for  the  same  purpose  five  to  ten  years 
hence  will  show  an  attractive  return  upon  the  principal.  The 
work  in  general  done  here  by  W.  C.  K.  under  the  direc¬ 
tion  of  Messrs.  Norton  &  Adams  consisted  of  the  design  and 
construction  of  a  foundry  755  ft.  x  176  ft.,  a  machine  shop 
514  ft.  x  145  ft.,  and  a  four-story  warehouse  400  ft.  x  100  ft. 
Construction  in  general  consisted  of  concrete  foundations,  steel 
frame  and  brick  walls.  Among  the  miscellaneous  structures 
might  be  mentioned  a  sand  storage  bin  of  reinforced  concrete, 
to  take  care  of  4500  tons  of  molding  sand,  and  two  50,000- 
gallon  steel  tanks,  for  fire  protection,  which  are  mounted  on  the 
warehouse. 


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Chicopee  Manufacturing  Company,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.  (Note  natural  illumination ) 


Foundry — J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Company,  Racine,  Wis. 


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Chicopee  Manufacturing  Company ,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 


CHICOPEE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

This  building  embodies  several  new  principles  in  weave 
shed  construction  without  material  increase  in  cost. 

Design  was  first  made  of  the  most  economical  loom  layout 
with  reference  to  the  looms  per  weaver  and  per  loom-fixer’s 
section.  Northrup  looms  were  installed  and  were  grouped  in 
blocks  of  six  instead  of  the  conventional  four.  Six  rows  of  looms 
were  also  designed  for  each  bay  instead  of  four,  and  a  method 
of  construction  adopted  to  make  it  possible  to  provide  for  wider 
bays  than  in  weave  sheds  of  the  standard  type.  To  get  maxi¬ 
mum  light  and  the  greatest  floor  areas  free  of  obstruction,  the 
looms  are  driven  from  below  and  all  shafting  placed  in  the 
basement.  In  this  weave  shed,  shadows  are  hardly  perceptible 
when  the  hand  is  held  four  inches  above  the  cloth,  whereas  in 
some  high  studded  sheds,  shadows  can  be  produced  by  the  hand 
held  at  twelve  inches  above  the  cloth. 

The  work  in  general  done  by  W.  C.  K.  under  the  direction 
of  Mr.  Albert  Greene  Duncan  consisted  in  the  design  and  con¬ 
struction  of  a  building  250  ft.  x  140  ft.  The  walls  are  built 
of  concrete  block  with  cast  iron  columns  and  structural  steel 
roof  frame.  Ground  for  the  building  was  broken  on  March 
28th  and  the  building  completed  July  1st. 

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Chicopee  Manufacturing  Company,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 


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Emergency  Stair  Tower— Cluett,  Peabody  &  Company,  Troy,  N.  Y. 


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Stairway  and  Landing — Cluett,  Peabody  &  Company,  Troy,  N.  Y. 


CLUETT,  PEABODY  &  COMPANY 

The  modern  slogan,  “SAFETY  FIRST,"  finds  a  unique 
and  practical  application  in  the  two  stair  towers  designed  and 
constructed  by  W.  C.  K.  for  the  Jay  Street  factory  of  Cluett, 
Peabody  &  Company,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  These  towers  provide 
safe  means  of  exit  in  case  of  fire. 

They  are  of  brick  construction,  fireproof  and  smokeproof, 
and  enclose  stairs  of  reinforced  concrete  throughout,  which 
serve  the  six  upper  floors  of  the  factory.  One  tower  is  located 
at  the  rear  of  the  factory  and  the  other  at  the  front.  The 
water  tank  for  supplying  the  sprinkler  system  of  the  factory  is 
located  on  top  of  the  front  tower,  bringing  the  height  of  this 
tower  to  approximately  130  ft.  above  ground  level. 

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Exit  is  made  from  the  factory  building  through  doorways, 
provided  with  automatic  fire  doors,  on  to  balconies  in  the  open 
air  at  each  of  the  upper  floors.  The  entrances  from  the  bal¬ 
conies  to  the  tower  are  through  doorways,  also  provided  with 
automatic  fire  doors.  The  stairs  are  thus  entirely  enclosed 
and  isolated  from  the  factory  building,  illumination  being  by 
electric  lights  on  a  circuit  entirely  separate  from  the  factory 
circuit.  The  tread  of  the  stairs  is  wider  than  ordinary  and 
in  no  case  does  the  rise  exceed  6^4  inches.  The  stairs  are 
wide  enough  to  accommodate  the  maximum  number  of  persons 
permitted  on  the  floors  of  the  building  and  are  also  designed  to 
serve  an  extension  of  the  factory  which  will  add  seventv-five 
per  cent,  greater  capacity  for  employees. 

The  State  authorities  have  given  their  unqualified  approval 
to  the  scheme  and  expressed  the  belief  that  these  towers  more 
adequately  comply  with  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  the 
laws  than  any  other  scheme  that  has  been  presented  for  their 
approval. 


JOHN  COUGHLAN  &  SONS 

This  plant  is  planned  eventually  to  be  675  ft.  x  180  ft., 
comprising  three  units,  for  the  most  part  a  pile  structure  ex¬ 
tending  into  a  creek.  Westerly  portion  of  plant  as  built  covers 
an  area  of  675  ft.  x  60  ft. 

The  building  is  of  timber  supported  on  wooden  pile  foun¬ 
dations.  Superstructure  timber  frame  with  trusses  60  ft.  span, 
spaced  30  ft.  apart.  This  frame  also  supports  longitudinal  crane 
trusses  about  9  ft.  deep  capable  of  carrying  two  15-ton  traveling 
cranes.  Trusses  rest  on  wooden  columns  supported  by  con¬ 
crete  piers  built  on  piles.  Building  is  enclosed  only  on  two  sides 
to  permit  handling  of  material. 

In  construction  of  substructure,  969  piles  ranging  in  length 
from  20  ft.  to  50  ft.  were  driven,  on  which  were  placed  10  x  16 
and  12  x  16  caps  and  6  x  14  stringers,  drift  bolted  together. 
On  this  was  laid  4  inch  floor. 

Contract  for  design  and  construction  of  substructure  and 
superstructure  awarded  October  21st,  and  actual  operation  of 
plant  started  about  middle  of  May  of  the  following  year. 


WORK  DONE 


John  Coughlan  &  Sons,  Vancouver ,  B.  C. 


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John  Coughlan  &  Sons,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


WORK  DONE 


Weave  Shed — Draycott  Mills,  New  Hartford,  Conn. 


DRAYCOTT  MILLS 

This  work  was  performed  for  the  Clarence  Whitman  inter¬ 
ests  and  under  the  plans,  specifications  and  direction  of  Messrs. 
Lockwood,  Greene  &  Co.,  the  well-known  mill  engineers  with 
offices  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Greenville,  S.  C.  The  work  done 
by  W.  C.  K.  consisted  of  the  construction  of  a  new  building, 
the  overhauling  of  some  water  wheels  and  the  addition  of  a 
small  electric  generating  plant. 

ESMOND  MILLS 

This  work  in  common  with  all  construction  work  done  by 
W.  C.  K.  was  performed  for  net  cost  plus  a  fee.  It  was  ob¬ 
tained  in  competition  with  several  lump  sum  bidders.  The 
final  cost  of  the  work  was  two  per  cent,  lower  than  the  lowest 
lump  sum  bid.  No  changes  were  made  in  the  plans  or  speci¬ 
fications  after  the  work  began.  An  unsolicited  letter  from 
the  management  says,  “We  are  very  glad  to  be  able  to  say 
that  we  think  this  is  as  fine  a  piece  of  mill  construction  work 
as  we  have  ever  seen.”  The  work  done  by  W.  C.  K.  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  H.  L.  Crocker  consisted  of  an  addition  to 
the  finishing  building  and  to  the  dye  house.  Later  several 
single  and  double  houses  were  built  for  the  employees.  At¬ 
tention  was  given  to  their  architecture  so  that  they  are  attrac¬ 
tive  in  appearance  and  sought  after  by  the  employees. 


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Finishing  Building  addition — Esmond  Mills,  Esmond ,  R.  I. 


WORK  DONE 


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Finishing  Building — Esmond  Mills,  Esmond,  R.  I. 


Mixing  and  Warming  Mills — Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis 


WORK  DONE 


Warehouse — Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  TFz's. 


Office — Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis. 


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Office  Dining  Hall — Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis. 


Warming  Mills — Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis. 


WORK  DONE 


Matting  Press — Federal  Rubier  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis. 


FEDERAL  RUBBER  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

An  instance  of  obtaining  additional  space  at  small  cost 
is  found  at  this  plant  where,  between  buildings  6  and  8,  there 
used  to  be  a  dead-end  alley  14  ft.  wide  by  about  80  ft.  long. 
A  skylight  was  thrown  over  this  space  between  the  buildings, 
one  end  wall  and  a  floor  built  and  a  matting  press  and  other 
machinery  installed  in  the  space  thus  enclosed.  The  additional 
space  for  the  press  was  obtained  in  this  way  for  about  sixty  per 
cent,  of  what  it  would  have  cost  to  have  built  an  addition  to 
one  of  the  buildings. 

Another  economy  was  effected  in  building  a  warehouse 
where  it  was  found  possible  to  combine  one-half  of  its  founda¬ 
tions  with  the  concrete  walls  of  an  underground  100,000-gallon 
cistern  holding  water  for  fire  protection.  About  125  yds.  of 
concrete  was  saved  by  this  simple  combination. 

The  work  done  by  W.  C.  K.  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
B.  C.  Dowse,  President,  covered  the  design  and  construction 
of  many  improvements,  including  a  new  press  building,  a  new 
machine  shop  and  general  storage  building,  alterations  to  an 
existing  warehouse,  extension  to  the  office  building,  extension 
to  power  plant  and  a  great  variety  of  overhauling  and  re¬ 
arrangement  of  the  mechanical  and  electrical  parts  of  the  plant. 
About  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  mills  and  calenders  were 
re-located  without  seriously  interfering  with  operation. 


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Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company,  Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass 


Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company,  Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass 


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GAMEWELL  FIRE  ALARM  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY 

Four  story  and  basement  reinforced  concrete  building 
188  ft.x  50  ft.  with  wing  46  ft.  x  29  ft.  building  foundations, 
columns  and  footings  of  concrete. 

Roof  and  floors  of  hollow  tile  concrete  moulded  mono¬ 
lithic  ribs  16  in.  C.  to  C.  with  unit  reinforcement.  Double  ribs 
on  column  lines. 

Floor  loading,  200  lbs.  first  floor,  others  150  lbs.,  with 
exception  of  second  and  third  floors  of  stock  rooms  in  wing, 
which  is  500  lbs. 

Slotted  inserts  for  shafting  symmetrically  placed  in 
ceiling  all  over  the  plant. 

Fireproof  throughout,  general  illumination  throughout, 
steel  window  frames,  kalamein  doors. 

Vacuum  system  of  heating,  using  exhaust  steam,  dust 
exhaust,  etc. 


IIART  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

Main  building  250  ft.  4  in.x50  ft. — four  stories  with  exten¬ 
sion  on  one  side  81  ft.  4  in.  x  17  ft.;  total  floor  area  51,200  sq.  ft. 

Footings,  footing  walls,  column  foundations  and  basement 
floor  are  of  concrete. 

Exterior  walls  are  of  brick  piers  with  brick  curtain  walls 
between,  and  wood  windows. 

Floor  with  exception  of  basement,  made  of  2x6  planks  on 
edge,  with  under  edges  beveled,  resting  on  girders  on  top  of 
which  were  laid  2  in.  planks  diagonally  and  on  top  finished  floor 
of  tongued  and  grooved  maple. 

Roof  of  2  in.  splined  planks  on  which  was  placed  Barrett 
Specification  tar  and  gravel  roofing. 

Service  equipment  consisted  of  steam  heating  plant, 
plumbing,  electric  lighting,  sprinkling  system  and  electric 
elevator. 


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Hart  Manufacturing  Company,  Hartford,  Conn. 


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Typical  Floor — Hart  Manufacturing  Company,  Hartford,  Conn 


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Jones  Cold  Store  Door  Company,  Hagerstown,  Aid. 


JONES  COLD  STORE  DOOR  COMPANY 

This  plant,  located  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  manufac¬ 
tures  every  type  of  insulated  door  for  refrigerating  work. 

The  work  done  by  W.C.K.  consisted  of  a  main  building 
with  two  wings  and  a  small  addition  for  boiler  room.  After  a 
study  of  machine  operations,  the  layout  of  the  machinery  was 
made  first  and  a  building  then  designed  which  would  most  eco¬ 
nomically  house  the  machinery  arrangement  determined  upon. 

As  will  be  noted  from  the  diagram  on  the  preceding 
page,  much  thought  was  given  to  the  routing  of  materials, 
so  that  backward  and  duplicate  motions  were,  to  a  very 
large  degree,  eliminated.  There  is  practically  no  retrograde 
movement  of  the  product  from  the  time  the  raw  material 
enters  the  factory  until  the  completed  door  goes  into  the 
storage  and  shipping  room. 

A  letter  from  Mr.  J.  V.  Jamison,  Jr.,  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Company,  says: 

“The  new  work  plan  and  general  layout  of  our  factory  is  per¬ 
fectly  satisfactory  and  has  very  materially  reduced  the  cost  of 
production.  *  *  * 

“The  arrangement  and  layout  of  the  building  we  do  not  be¬ 
lieve  could  be  improved  and  if  we  were  to  build  again  we  would 
do  the  same  thing.” 

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WORK  DONE 


Northwestern  Brass  Company,  Calgary,  Alberta 


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NORTHWESTERN  BRASS  COMPANY 

W.  C.  K.  often  perform  complete  construction  and 
equipment  work  under  the  plans,  specifications  and  direc¬ 
tion  of  the  regular  engineering  staff  of  the  plant  itself 
or  outside  consulting  engineers.  In  this  instance,  W.  C.  K. 
forked  under  the  plans  and  direction  of  A.  E.  Baxter  Engi¬ 
neering  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

When  the  work  was  finished,  an  unsolicited  letter  from 
the  management  of  the  Brass  Company  said:  “In  all  justice 
we  must  say  that  it  is  the  finest  piece  of  concrete  work  that 
we  ever  saw  from  a  factory  point  of  view.” 

The  building  consists  of  a  one-story  monolithic  re¬ 
inforced  concrete  structure  housing  all  departments. 


THE  SPIRELLA  COMPANY 

This  plant  manufactures  high-grade  corsets.  The  work 
done  by  W.  C.  K.  consisted  of  the  design  and  construction 
of  a  plating  and  wire  works.  This  is  the  first  section  of  what 
will  ultimately  be  a  very  large  and  complete  plant. 

On  account  of  the  prominent  location  of  the  plant  on 
the  Niagara  Gorge,  special  attention  was  given  to  external 
appearance  and  also  to  the  desire  of  the  client  to  have  a 
model  interior,  as  it  is  expected  that  many  tourists  at  the 
Falls  will  visit  the  Spirella  plant. 

Several  problems  were  encountered,  among  them,  the 
necessity  of  a  clear  space  in  the  plating  room  which  made  it 
necessary  to  construct  a  sloping  roof  of  heavy  steel  plate 
girders  encased  in  concrete  to  provide  protection  against  fire 
and  the  acids  used  in  the  plating  processes.  Special  attention 
also  had  to  be  given  to  the  ventilation,  drainage  and  water¬ 
proofing  of  the  plating  room  which  is  on  the  second  floor  of 
the  factory. 


WORK  DONE 


Plating  Room — The  Spirella  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  N,  Y 


The  Spirella  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y 


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Weave  Shed — Touraine  Company,  New  Hartford,  Conn. 


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Weave  Shed — Wilkesbarre  Lace  Manufacturing  Company ,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 


TOURAINE  COMPANY 

This  work  was  done  for  the  above  company  under  the 
plans  and  direction  of  Messrs.  Lockwood,  Greene  &  Co., 
well-known  mill  engineers  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Greenville, 
S.  C.  The  building  is  a  one-story  structure  with  concrete 
foundations  and  wood  frame. 

WILKESBARRE  LACE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

A  bleach  house  presents  a  difficult  problem  in  properly 
taking  care  of  the  employees.  By  its  nature,  the  floors  are 
wet  and  the  room  full  of  vapor.  Particular  attention  was 
given  to  these  two  features  in  this  work.  A  concrete  floor 
was  installed  and  large  drains  provided  so  that  there  is  no 
standing  water.  Warm  air  is  blown  into  the  building  and 
the  steam  and  vapor  rapidly  removed  so  that  the  air  is  prac¬ 
tically  as  good  as  that  in  any  other  part  of  the  mill.  The  work 
done  by  W.  C.  K.  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Smith, 
consisted  in  general  of  a  weave  shed  with  concrete  foundations, 
brick  walls  and  steel  frame  roof,  a  two-story  bleach  house 
and  a  three-story  stock  house,  of  heavy  mill  type  construc¬ 
tion.  The  weave  shed  presents  an  interesting  contrast  in 
requirements  and  construction  to  the  Chicopee  Manufacturing 
Company  weave  shed,  shown  on  page  17.  At  Wilkesbarre 
there  are  no  interior  columns  whatever  on  account  of  the 
Jacquard  looms  and  the  entire  roof  arrangement  is  also  changed. 


WORK  DONE 


Storehouse — Wilkesbarre  Lace  Manufacturing  Company,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 


Jacquard  Looms — ■ Wilkesbarre  Lace  Manufacturing  Company,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 


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NUMBER  SIX 
INDUSTRIAL  EDITION 

Index 

PAGE 

Foreword . 3 

American  Brake  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo .  7 

American  Cyanamid  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  Canada  ...  9 

J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Company,  Racine,  Wis.  ...  13 

Chicopee  Manufacturing  Company,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.  .  .  16 

Cluett,  Peabody  &  Company,  Troy,  N.  Y . 19 

John  Coughlan  &  Sons,  Vancouver,  B.C . 21 

Draycott  Mills,  New  Hartford,  Conn . 24 

Esmond  Mills,  Providence,  R.  1 . 24 

Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Cudahy,  Wis.  .  .  27 

Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company, 

Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass.  31 

Hart  Manufacturing  Company,  Hartford,  Conn . 33 

Jones  Cold  Store  Door  Company,  Hagerstown,  Md . 36 

Northwestern  Brass  Company,  Calgary,  Canada . 38 

The  Spirella  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  N.Y . 39 

Touraine  Company,  New  Hartford,  Conn . 42 

Wilkesbarre  Lace  Manufacturing  Company,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  .  43 


WORK  DONE 


Partial  List  of  Construction  Engagements 

( Figures  indicate  number  of  engagements) 


Adams  Manufacturing  Company, 
Alberta  Home  Builders,  Limited, 
American  Brake  Company, 

American  Car  and  Foundry  Co.,  (2) 
American  Cyanamjd  Company,  (2) 
Atlanta  Water  and  Electric  Power  Co., 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Co.,  (2) 
Barrett  Nephews  Company, 

Bates  Manufacturing  Company, 

Boldt,  George  C., 

Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  Company, 
Boston  Terminal  Company, 

Briareliff  Lodge, 

Brinson  Railway  Company,  (2) 

British  Columbia  Electric  Railway,  (2) 
Cafe  de  1  ’Opera, 

Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Co.,  (4) 
Canadian  Westinghouse  Co.,  Ltd., 
Case,  J.  I.,  Threshing  Machine  Co., 
Central  Indiana  Lighting  Company, 
Central  New  England  Railway, 

Central  Railroad  Co.  of  New  Jersey,  (3) 
Chapman  Valve  Manufact’g  Co.,  (2) 
Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Co.,  (8) 
Chesebrough  Building  Company,  (3) 
Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad  Company,  (2) 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.  R., 
Chicago  Railway  Equipment  Co., 
Chicopee  Manufacturing  Co.,  (2) 
Cluett,  Peabody  &  Co. 

Colorado  &  Southern  Railroad, 
Consolidated  Railway  Company, 
Cornell  University,  (2) 

Coughlan,  J.,  &  Sons, 

Detroit  Edison  Company,  (2) 

Dexter  &  Son,  C.  II.,  (2) 

Dow’s  School,  Mrs. 

Draycott  Mills, 

Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Co., 
Edison  Electric  Light  Company,  (2) 

Erie  Railroad  Company,  (2) 

Esmond  Mills,  (2) 

Federal  Rubber  Manufacturing  Co.,  (2) 
Frederick  &  Middletown  R.  R.  Co., 
Freeport  Texas  Company, 

Gallatin  Valley  Electric  Railway, 
Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Co., 
General  Railway  Signal  Company, 
Gettysburg  Water  Company, 

Glenlyon  Dye  Works, 

Grand  Trunk  Railway  System, 

Great  Falls  &  Old  Dominion  R.  R.  Co., 
Hamilton  Manufacturing  Company, 
Harmony  Mills, 


Shelton,  Conn. 

Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Baltimore,  Md. 

Morgans  Falls,  Ga. 
Baltimore,  Md. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Lewiston,  Me. 

Alexandria  Bay,  N.  Y. 

West  Springfield,  Mass. 
Boston,  Mass. 

Briareliff  Manor,  N.  Y. 
Springfield,  Ga. 

Vancouver,  B.  C. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Montreal,  Quebec,  Canada 
Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Racine,  Wis. 

Columbus,  Ind. 

Hartford,  Conn. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 
Richmond,  Va. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Bloomington,  Ill. 

Havelock,  Neb. 

Chicago,  Ill. 

Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 

Troy,  N.  Y. 

Denver,  Colo. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Vancouver,  B.  C.,  Canada 
Detroit,  Mich. 

Windsor  Locks,  Conn. 
Briareliff  Manor,  N.  Y. 
New  Hartford,  Conn. 
Brockton,  Mass. 

York,  Pa. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Providence,  R.  I. 

Cudahy,  Wis. 

Frederick,  Md. 

Freeport,  Tex. 

Bozeman,  Mont. 

Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 
Phillipsdale,  R.  I. 

Montreal,  P.Q.,  Canada 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Lowell,  Mass. 

Cohoes,  N.  Y. 


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Harriman,  E.  II.,  Mrs. 

Hart  Manufacturing  Company, 
Hartford  Electric  Light  Company,  (3) 
Hein  Lehmann  &  Company, 
Homeopathic  Hospital, 

Hood  Rubber  Company, 

Hotel  Manhattan, 

Hotel  N  assau, 

Hotel  Pontchartrain, 

Huntington  Light  &  Power  Co., 

Idaho  &  Washington  Northern  R.  R., 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  Co.,  (2) 

Indian  Orchard  Company, 

Indianapolis  Rubber  Company, 

Jefferson  &  Braddock  Heights  R.R.  Co., 
Jones  Cold  Store  Door  Company, 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  &  Orient  R.  R., 

Lehigh  Valley  Railroad, 

Long  Island  Railroad, 

Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition, 

Maxwell,  George  T., 

Meriden  Electric  Light  Co.,  (2) 
Middletown  Electric  Light  Company, 
Mississippi  Wire  Glass  Company,  (2) 
Missouri  Pacific  Railway  Co.,  (6) 
Morgan,  J.  P., 

Neptune  Meter  Company, 

New  Jersey  Rubber  Company, 

New  York  Belting  and  Packing  Co., 
New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
Railroad  Company, 

New  York  Central  Iron  Works  Co., 

New  York  City  Railway  Company, 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad  Company,  (6) 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western  Ry., 
Northern  Colorado  Power  Co., 
Northwestern  Brass  Company,  Ltd., 
Ohio  Valley  Finance  Company, 

Ottawa  Electric  Company, 

Peerless  Rubber  Manufacturing  Co.,  (2) 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  (2) 
Phipps,  Henry 
Phipps,  J.  S.,  (2) 

Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  R.  II.,  (2) 
Pittsburgh  Building  Company,  (5) 
Procter  &  Gamble  Company, 

Richmond  County  Country  Club, 
Roosevelt  Hospital, 

St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  &  Southern 
Railway,  (2) 

Santa  Clara  Lumber  Company, 

Second  National  Bank  Building, 
Sheffield  Scientific  School, 

Shenandoah  River  Light  &  Power 
Corporation, 


Arden,  N.  Y. 

Hartford,  Conn. 

Hartford,  Conn. 

Berlin,  Germany 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

East  Watertown,  Mass. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Long  Beach,  L.  I. 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Huntington,  L.  I. 

Spirit  Lake,  Idaho 
Chicago,  Ill. 

Indian  Orchard,  Mass 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Frederick,  Md. 
Hagerstown,  Md. 

Wichita,  Kans. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y. 
Meriden,  Conn. 
Middletown,  Conn. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Highland  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 
Lambertville,  N.  J. 
Passaic.  N.  J. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Hagerstown,  Md. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Boston,  Mass. 
Middletown,  N.  Y. 
Lafayette,  Colo. 

Calgary,  Canada 
East  Liverpool,  O. 
Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada 
New  Durham,  N.  J. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Armourdale,  Kans. 

Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Luray,  Va. 


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WORK  DONE 


Smith  Infirmary, 

South  Side  Hospital,  Oliver  Annex, 
Spirella  Company,  The 
Standard  Plunger  Elevator  Company, 
Stanley  Works, 

Taylor- Wharton  Iron  &  Steel  Co., 
Terminal  Railway  Association  of  St. 

Louis,  (2) 

Texas  Company, 

Touraine  Company, 


Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Worcester,  Mass. 
New  Britain,  Conn. 

Easton,  Pa. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Lockport,  Ill. 

New  Hartford,  Conn. 


United  States  Capitol  Power  Plant, 
United  States  Navy  Department,  (2) 
University  Club! 

Utah  Light  &  Railway  Company,  (2) 

Vanderlip,  F.  A.,  Sidell  Tilghman  and 
E.  P.  Swenson,  Syndicate  Managers, 
Vesper  Country  Club, 

Wabash-Pittsburg  Terminal  R.  R.  Co., 
Western  Construction  Co., 
Westinghouse  Air  Brake  Company, 
Westinghouse  Electric  and  Manu¬ 
facturing  Company, 

Westinghouse  Lamp  Company, 
Westinghouse  Machine  Company,  (2) 
Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  R.  R.  Co.,  (2) 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  Incorporated, 
Wilkesbarre  Lace  Manufacturing 
Company,  (2) 

Williamson  Bros.  Company, 
Worcester  Electric  Light  Company, 


Washington,  D.  C. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


New  York,  N.  Y. 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Davenport,  Iowa 
Wilmerding,  Pa. 

Newark,  N.  J. 
Bloomfield,  N.  J. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Brewster,  O. 

White  Sulphur,  W.  Va. 

Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Worcester,  Mass. 


WESTINGHOUSE  CHURCH  KERR  &  CO. 

ENGINEERS  AND  CONSTRUCTORS 


General  Offices :  New  York,  37  Wall  Street 


Boston, 

Chicago, 

Los  Angeles, 
San  Francisco, 
Montreal, 
Vancouver, 
Winnipeg, 


Board  of  Trade  Building 
New  York  Life  Building 
Pacific  Electric  Building 
Pacific  Building 
Shaughnessy  Building 
Metropolitan  Building 
Confederation  Life  Building 


In  addition  to  the  work  described  in  this  booklet,  attention  is  invited  to  the  great 
variety  of  other  work  which  the  Company  has  undertaken  or  is  prepared  to  undertake 
and  which  includes:  Consulting  and  Constructive  Engineering  for 


Railroad  Shops 
Wharves  and  Docks 
Central  Power  Plants 
Passenger  and 
Freight  Terminals 


Hotels 

Electric  Railways 
Transmission  Lines 
Hydro-Electric  Plants 
Steam  R.  R.  Electrification 


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